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The Gay Milary Hero You've Probably Never Heard Of

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A GAY SOLDIER’S STORY OF VIETNAM AND AFTER

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Larry Sanrs wr about servg the army, where he uld have been arrted for beg gay durg a very unpopular war.

The day Larry Sanrs registered for the draft, one qutn buried the middle of a long qutnnaire smacked him the face: “Do you intify as a homosexual or ever had sexual feelgs for persons of the same sex? At the time Sanrs registered for the draft 1967, no one was clear about what happened to someone who admted beg gay. When I registered for the draft jt a few years later, I was told not to say I was gay, bee they would make you prove .

LEONARD MATLOVICH: THE GAY MILARY HERO YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF

Gay and Lbian soldiers faced extraordary discrimatn durg World War II. Most found new muni of people and thrived spe the opprsn. Disver the film Comg Out Unr Fire that shar their story. * gay vietnam veterans of america *

How do someone not datg anyone “prove” they’re gay? He didn’t really intify as homosexual. And as a gay soldier, he didn’t particularly relate to those who served wh him.

"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS

And what about beg a gay soldier an army that forba ?

"A Gay Vietnam Veteran, " reads bold letters.

C., where a clter of gay veterans are buried.

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A gay soldier’s story of Vietnam and after - Dallas Voice .

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